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MITSFS Meeting Minutes

Friday, March 21, 2008




MITSFS meeting called to order, 61.2 Ksec SST, Kevin Riggle, President and Skinner, presiding; Christian Ternus, Onseck, recording.

Minutes read.

Motion to commend the minutes for being grammatically interesting passes 5-2-4+Spehn

BING!

Committee Reports

LHE

Reimbursements got submitted! You should submit reimbursements to the large envelope on the ZGT.

Mortcomm

Isaac Asimov is still dead.

Arthur C. Clarke joined him this week.

$\hbar$comm

ESK submitted a blurb to the Arts Department, so prefrosh can find out about us.

ESK: “We all know someone who goes to MIT because of athletics.” The Library: “We do?”

We will have a booth at the Activities Fair, and will give out magazines with bookmarks to the prefrosh.

Libcomm

Deranged Libcomm is deranged.

Mag.*

KR contacted NESFA who may be able to help us scan magazines.

CJT complains about 6.005. ALC: “My 6.111 project partner was narcoleptic...”

Pseudo-Lastcomm

Discussion of printers and their relative merits ensues.

Katiecomm

The Purge continues. Bluebellcomming also happened.

Katie did some data entry.

BING!

Old Business

Hooray.

Gygax died a while ago and there was a d20 on Killian Court recently. He had a pretty good roll.

Karl senses a Thinkpad in distress!

Discussion of nuclear war, and paranoia dealing with same, ensues.

Asimov is still dead. ALGOL.

Usual debate!

BING!

New Business

No complaint. What about the usual complaint? We had the debate!

The Hugo Award Nominations are out. Stross and Scalzi HAL-TING-STATE!

Anime Boston is this weekend.

Discussion of anime ensues.

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

So, fascism!

Speaking of fascism, and things that are dead, the Guild game is dead. Long live the Guild game.

Motion to found the Bananaism political movement passes 6-2-3+Spehn.

BING!

Future Business

BING! Meeting adjourned, 66.6 Ksec SST.




Respectfully submitted,
Christian Ternus, Onseck